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Old 03-04-2012, 04:57 AM   #1
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Default Gypsy Curses in GURPS

For my cmapaign I was going to *just* use Ritual Path/Book Magic for Gypsy curses.

That said I am already using Ritual Path Book Magic for 'The Magic of Stories' and likely for Hermetic Magic too.

Anything else that wold give me some good rules guidelines for throwing curses and such?
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Old 03-04-2012, 05:22 AM   #2
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Do you mean that you're using Path/Book Magic from Thaumatology? Or Ritual Path Magic, the variant introduced in Monster Hunters?

Either way, you should take a look at the Path of Health for Path/Book Magic. It includes such classics as Evil Eye and Malaise, capable of striking a victim sick or dead. Sterility is especially potent, being able to render humans, livestock and crops barren. Judicious (likely prolonged) use of that ritual can drive a community into starvation.

Some seemingly less-malicious rituals can also have dire effects. A long-duration Slumber is a classic fairy-tale curse, while Lust can have serious social and health consequences.

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Old 03-04-2012, 05:39 AM   #3
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Affliction: Disadvantage - Cursed, with judicious use of modifiers is probably what you're looking for, but it's likely to be on the pricey side.

Affliction 1 [10], Disadvantage: Cursed (75%), Malediction 2 (150%), Permanent, but negated by a positive shift in behaviour towards gypsies (150%), Sense-based, sight (-20%), accessability: only on enemies of the gypsies (-20%), Dispellable by suitable magic (-5%).

Total cost: Additive [43], Multiplicative [31].
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Old 03-04-2012, 05:40 AM   #4
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Do you mean that you're using Path/Book Magic from Thaumatology? Or Ritual Path Magic, the variant introduced in Monster Hunters?
From Thaumotology.

I originally wanyted the magic to be really slow and subtle. Now both can do that, but the variant from Monster Hunters can IMHO be a lot less subtle.
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Old 03-04-2012, 06:01 AM   #5
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From Thaumotology.

I originally wanyted the magic to be really slow and subtle. Now both can do that, but the variant from Monster Hunters can IMHO be a lot less subtle.
In that case, you might just want to stick with the system that's been working so far. If you intend Gypsies to be truly evil, with magic capable only of harm, you could give them a "Book of Curses" with some of the aforementioned rituals. Other appropriate curses include selections from the Path of Dreams (Dream Shackles, Night Terrors) and the Path of Luck (Doom, Journeyman's Curse). If Gypsies are more nuanced, you could give them those full Paths, along with the Path of Cunning and perhaps others.
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Old 03-04-2012, 01:46 PM   #6
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accessability: only on enemies of the gypsies (-20%).
Is this really a limitation? Anyone who can use a gypsy curse is a gypsy, and anyone who a gypsy would want to curse is an enemy of at least one gypsy.

EDIT: You might also consider Limited Use, 1/day, -40%. You rarely see fictional gypsies cursing people once per second. Onset, 1 day, -30% might also be a good idea.

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Old 03-04-2012, 02:02 PM   #7
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Is this really a limitation? Anyone who can use a gypsy curse is a gypsy, and anyone who a gypsy would want to curse is an enemy of at least one gypsy.
Well, yes, hence the "gypsies". I'm thinking it should work on people who have wronged the gypsies, but not on those individual gypsies might be angry with. For instance, an old gypsy could curse a police officer if he tried to get them driven off a trailer park despite them having paid to stay the entire month, but not if that same cop gave him a speeding ticket.
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Old 03-04-2012, 02:19 PM   #8
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So, what are the stats for Affliction(Sergio)?
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